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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1912
Page
7
The text discusses praise for Chinese nurses as essential to recovery and suggests U S doctors and nurses trained them. It notes a desire to import more workers, mentions labor laws, and observes that many Chinese nurses trained by American and European missions may leave for better opportunities. It highlights demand in New York.
In Prague a cafe strike by waiters over pay led to the proprietor calling police after the staff refused to work. The workers announced they would return with more colleagues, aiming for up to five hundred, as editors and regulars followed the developing story.
Albert Halstead, American consul at Birmingham, notes rising pigskin use as leather and nudges leather makers to value skins wasted on pork products. The Teather Trades Review estimates Britain and Ireland lose about three million dollars yearly in skin waste.
At Twin Falls Idaho a swarm of bees clusters in a standpipe spout on a water tank. When the first train arrived the fireman tried to lower the spout and the crew faced a chaotic attack. The engineer fled the cab and brakemen locked in the caboose. After an hour a nearby farmer subdued the swarm with a garden hose and carried them away in a box before the train continued its journey.
The article discusses how monarchs influence fashion, noting the decline of the frock coat in New York and London while King George and the Prince of Wales still wear it. It contrasts this with a social upset at Henley over a high hat, implying a shift in public taste despite royal example.
A curious auction in Grandeon Canton of Vaud, Switzerland sold a mountain near Mont Aubert in the Jura Alps. The hill rises about 1500 feet with timbered slopes. Twenty years ago the same mountain brought 413000, but this time it brought 846400.
A garbled excerpt discusses Andromeda nebula once viewed as external to our universe with mass millions of suns and a diameter similar to the Milky Way. It notes speculation on its nature as a galaxy outside our system and references Harper's Weekly.
A New York man proposes a bottled water fountain with a side spigot and a mouthpiece. Pressing a plunger releases water as a miniature geyser into a basin, allowing a drink without sharing cups, while waste water drains to a bucket below.
A Bayonne resident's horse fell into an eighteen foot well filled with water. The animal landed head up, but after a derrick and hours of work the horse was pulled free and returned to its family.
The man eloquently requests a bracer and promptly receives a pint of whisky. He rises in comfort and approves the brand, declaring he never felt better in his life.
An Illinois inventor's evaporative water bag concept travels from Australia to American roads. The device stores water yet releases moisture to keep it cool, hung from a rear platform as a portable supply for motorists and for car maintenance.
The cork tree, an oak species, yields bark every nine to ten years with best cork from trees aged 50 to 100. Bark stripping promotes regrowth without harming the tree and yields range from 50 to 500 pounds. The cork bark elm or witch elm appears in some areas but lacks cork oak bark value and cannot thrive in these latitudes.
The piece argues that wild dogs do not bark while the domestic dog's barking is learned from human association. It notes varied expressions such as welcome and defiance, distinguishing how a dog’s bark signals different emotional states to masters and strangers.
In a Glamorganshire village, a cat alarmed residents to a blaze in a kitchen. The occupant woke to the animal's cries as it entered a bedroom, allowing the housekeeper and children to escape safety. Eight people owed their lives to the cat's persistent warning.
The record details Oregon Washington and Willamette Valley institutes on clover seed production and clipping. Prof Hyslop notes February to March sowing with 12 to 16 pounds per acre for seed ready by May. A poultry demonstration car expanded reach to 21 932 people, aiding state industrial education with 75 000 youths involved in fairs and lectures.
An Oregon Agricultural College expert outlines a multi method approach to controlling pocket gophers and moles. He notes combining fumigation with carbon bisulfide, poisoned bait, and trapping as the most effective strategy. He warns against open flames and smoke near the chemical and suggests using bait with strychnia sulfate either directly in bait or dissolved in syrup for larger grain treats.
The Oregon Agricultural College explains its public service role and training aims. A press bulletin system informs state newspapers of new courses staff and investigations to aid farmers and gardeners. Since 1911, 1,287 articles with thousands of mimeographs and photographs have circulated statewide.
The annual report to the U S Department of Agriculture shows Oregon Agricultural College extension efforts reaching most counties with 72 institutes and 115 sessions. Attendance totaled 10 683, with a four car institute train covering 9562 miles and 4 325 attendees at host hotels. A Moro branch roundup drew 250 farmers and 33 other special institutes added 13 150 more attendees.
Fragmentary dialogue depicts a suspect insisting on a small stake and a claim of being in the house as a burglar seeks time and tools. The distorted text suggests a confession or negotiation during a break in. No clear names or places are identifiable in the readable snippet.
The Galveston News notes a reflective sentiment about a man’s longing for the era’s most beautiful woman. It laments her absence and expresses relief and renewed welcome upon her return.
A fragment captures a sharp exchange between Mrs Needmore and the Widow Bullion during a performance at the McNally Monarch venue. The dialogue hints at love and betrayal with bitter tones and gall in the air.
A fragmentary note recalls boyhood days picking cherries and savoring flavor as a farmer at the far end of the telegraph line reflects on past methods and simple pleasures.
The text notes a Corpus Christi procession in a pre apostasy English Catholic context. Faithful marchers assembled on Cheapside mustering near Amen Corner and moved toward St Pauls Cathedral with clergy chanting Our Father. The account highlights Amen Corner and Ave Maria in the route.
The article discusses lightning damage in cities, noting a decline due to electric wiring now underground and predicting more damage unless lightning rods are used. It mentions mothers trusting Winston's Soothing Syrup for teething and describes barbering as itinerant with families buying hair clips. The text ends with similar disjointed lines about Red Gross Ball Blue and a sports-like line.
A child observer frets over a stalled train at a wayside station. He muses about how engines eat, joking that the locomotive gets dinner from coal hot water and matches and wonders if it leaves with shaved hot air.
A collection of reader testimonials from Platea Pennsylvania and Walcott North Dakota praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from nervousness crying spells backache and physical malaise. The notices urge women to seek confidential guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
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